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Mike has been involved with offering web services since 1995. Prior to specializing in web design and search consulting in 2001, Mike was a principal in a family owned & operated retail business for over 30 years. That business was very successful until it wasn’t and was crushed by the new reality of retail. Since then he has been involved in Local Search where his motto is All Local, All the Time.
Mike helped co-found LocalU in 2009 (acquired by SterlingSky in 2019) and co-founded GatherUp.com in 2012 (acquired by ByTraject in 2019). During the week, you can find him at Nearmedia.co where where he works on Google local consumer search behavior research to better understand how users navigate the SERPS and why they make the decisions to pick a particular business.
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